SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The Utah state Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday effectively to decriminalize polygamy among consenting adults, reducing penalties for a practice with deep religious roots ...

Naomi Schaefer is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She writes frequently on religion, and her book on American religious colleges will be published by St. Martin's Press next winter.

The Utah Senate approved a bill that would remove the felony penalties for polygamy among consenting adults. Such polygamy would be an infraction, an offense on par with a traffic ticket. Polygamists ...

Polyamory, virtually unknown a scant 20 years ago, has become a new buzzword in the worldwide media and Facebook gossip among friends. Many people confuse polyamory with polygamy, and for good reason.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Polygamists have lived in Utah since before it became a state, and 85 years after the practice was declared a felony they still number in the thousands. It’s even been featured ...

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(AP) — Easing the severity of Utah's historically strong polygamy ban, the state hopes to encourage more frequent reporting of abuses. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers voted Tuesday to put new ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Governor Gary Herbert signed the last remaining bills passed by the Utah State Legislature. Beyond some major changes to Utah’s liquor laws, another big bill signed on Tuesday was ...

Tony Perkins is president of the Family Research Council. A funny thing happened to the Democrats’ same-sex marriage bill on its trip from the House to the Senate: People actually started reading the ...